AP upset archive
Biggest College Football Upsets of 2004
The season's 25 strongest AP-defined upsets, led by the quality of the ranked team defeated and the game-time ranking gap.
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Upsets ranked
14
Unranked winners
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Market-confirmed
Top 25 AP upsets
- Historic upsetWeek 10Home
Unranked North Carolina 31, No. 4 Miami 28
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 44/50 · Rank gap 44/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
88
AP score
- Historic upsetWeek 12Home
Unranked Michigan State 49, No. 4 Wisconsin 14
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 44/50 · Rank gap 44/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
88
AP score
- Historic upsetPostseasonRoad
No. 24 Texas Tech 45, No. 4 California 31
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 44/50 · Rank gap 40/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
84
AP score
- Historic upsetWeek 10Home
Unranked Maryland 20, No. 5 Florida State 17
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 42/50 · Rank gap 42/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
84
AP score
- Historic upsetWeek 6Home
Unranked Virginia Tech 19, No. 6 West Virginia 13
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 40/50 · Rank gap 40/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
80
AP score
- Historic upsetWeek 6Home
Unranked Northwestern 33, No. 7 Ohio State 27
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 38/50 · Rank gap 38/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
76
AP score
- Historic upsetWeek 13Home
Unranked Ohio State 37, No. 7 Michigan 21
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 38/50 · Rank gap 38/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
76
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 7Road
No. 17 Tennessee 19, No. 3 Georgia 14
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 46/50 · Rank gap 28/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
74
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 3Home
Unranked Notre Dame 28, No. 8 Michigan 20
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 36/50 · Rank gap 36/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
72
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 11Road
Unranked Notre Dame 17, No. 9 Tennessee 13
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 34/50 · Rank gap 34/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
68
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 13Road
Unranked Florida 20, No. 10 Florida State 13
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 32/50 · Rank gap 32/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
64
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 4Home
No. 14 Auburn 10, No. 5 LSU 9
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 42/50 · Rank gap 18/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
60
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 11Road
Unranked Clemson 24, No. 11 Miami 17
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 30/50 · Rank gap 30/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
60
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 8Road
No. 10 Wisconsin 20, No. 5 Purdue 17
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 42/50 · Rank gap 10/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
52
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 7Road
No. 24 LSU 24, No. 12 Florida 21
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 28/50 · Rank gap 24/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
52
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 3Road
Unranked Fresno State 45, No. 13 Kansas State 21
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 26/50 · Rank gap 26/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
52
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 13Home
No. 17 Iowa 30, No. 9 Wisconsin 7
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 34/50 · Rank gap 16/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
50
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 12Road
No. 18 Miami 31, No. 10 Virginia 21
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 32/50 · Rank gap 16/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
48
AP score
- Major upsetWeek 3Home
No. 5 Miami 16, No. 4 Florida State 10
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 44/50 · Rank gap 2/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
46
AP score
- UpsetWeek 8Home
No. 7 Florida State 36, No. 6 Virginia 3
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 40/50 · Rank gap 2/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
42
AP score
- UpsetWeek 12Road
No. 21 Boston College 36, No. 13 West Virginia 17
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 26/50 · Rank gap 16/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
42
AP score
- UpsetWeek 4Home
Unranked Arizona State 44, No. 16 Iowa 7
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 20/50 · Rank gap 20/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
40
AP score
- UpsetWeek 10Home
Unranked Baylor 35, No. 16 Texas A&M 34
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 20/50 · Rank gap 20/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
40
AP score
- UpsetWeek 15Road
No. 10 Virginia Tech 16, No. 9 Miami 10
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 34/50 · Rank gap 2/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
36
AP score
- UpsetWeek 6Home
Unranked Louisiana Tech 28, No. 17 Fresno State 21
AP evidence · primary
Opponent strength 18/50 · Rank gap 18/50
Market evidence · supporting
No betting line · Pregame win chance —
36
AP score
How the ranking works
An upset qualifies only when the winner was unranked or ranked below an AP Top 25 opponent at kickoff. Regular-season games use that game's AP poll week; postseason games use the last regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. The 100-point score splits evenly between defeated-opponent strength and ranking gap. Betting lines and pregame win probability are shown separately as supporting evidence and never change the AP score, so missing market data cannot lower a game.